morgandawn

How Can You Help the #InternetArchive?

1. Use The Internet Archive Site

2. Save websites via "Save Page Now" browser tool

3. Become a patron to get a free "library card"

4. Curate & Upload to the Archive

5. Tell People That the Internet Archive Exists

6. Browse The Many, Many Collections

7. Take care of yourself and the people you care about.

https://blog.archive.org/2020/06/14/how-can-you-help-the-internet-archive/

How Can You Help the Internet Archive? | Internet Archive Blogs

Aug 14, 2023 at 1:24amWeb
Show threadwaarismijnhoofdAug 14, 2023
@morgandawn Love the IA, but just wondering if there aren’t any legal problems associated with it? It’s an easy way to bypass paywalls, is it legal to offer that as a service and is it legal for users to use it? Or could it be considered piracy?
Show threadmorgandawnAug 15, 2023

@waarismijnhoofd

The answer: it depends on the country.

In the US, unlike other countries, we have statutory and legal (case law) exceptions to ....

1. The act of copying/digitizing
2. The act of uploading
3. The act of sharing.

Ex: someone makes a copy of a movie, uploads it to Youtube. If Youtube receives a notice from the copyright owner and takes it down, they are protected. This is what the Internet Archive does and has done.

In the US, decrypting the copyright protections is illegal - but the US copyright allows exceptions for many uses (the blind, education, certain creators).

Finally, there is the general and broad "fair use" which is the right to copy and share and even transform/use material for commentary, education, and other uses. This is decided on a case by case basis.

In the publishers case the Internet Archive argued that the "digitizing and then controlled lending" of a paper book they legally owned = fair use. The Court disagreed. There will be an appeal.

Show threadwaarismijnhoofdAug 19, 2023
@morgandawn thanks for taking the time for that explanation, appreciated!
Show threadLeaBugAug 15, 2023
@morgandawn thank you! Hours no days and weeks of enjoyment 😄
Show threadErlend Sogge HeggenAug 15, 2023
@morgandawn tools like @omnivore could also play an important role here by baking some of these recommended practices into the product.
Show threadGiles EdwardsAug 16, 2023

@morgandawn Thank you kindly for the advisements.

Curious if you (or someone you know of) have contact information for the parties directly involved in getting up in the IA's grille?

...asking for a friend who's good at being persuasive.

Show threadGregory VanderlaanSep 6, 2023
@morgandawn I have used the Internet Archive and It's Great. It had some Drawings that had vanished from the Internet because the Artist had Stopped Paying his BILL at the Webpage Host... The Headwaters Forest Coloring Book... anyway... I'm a Fan...